Tire tool



Feb 6, 1940. SCHULTZ 2,189,683

TIRE TOOL Filed Jan; 24, 1939 ATTORNEYS Patented reb. c, 940, I v r 2,189,683

UNITED STATES AT-ENT OFFICE i TIRE TOOL Frederick E. Schultz, Decatur, Ill.

Application January 24, 1939, Serial No. 252,659

2 Claims. (01. 157-4 The invention relates to a tire tool and more it and for itsmajor extent is straight with oppoespecially to a tool for placement and removal site flat faces l2. The member H is formed with of'tire casings of pneumatic tire type to and from a laterally turned end 13 pivoted at M to the wheel rims. member it for, relative swinging movements of 5 The primary object of the invention is the said members It and. H. The member II for 5 provision of a tool of this character, wherein a a major extent, by the turned end I3, is offset casing of a tire can be readily and easily reto the member Hi so that when these members moved from and placed upon the rim of a wheel are brought together the major portion of the in a minimum period of time or quickly without member II will be disposed parallel with and requiring excessive labor on the part of a user next to the member ID, which is the normal posi- 10 of a tool. tion of the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision The members l0 and H are formed with workof a tool of this character, wherein the construe engaging ends I4 matching each other and the tion is novel and is readily and easily manipulated end [4' of the member i l is disposed in the same for its application and removal at the start and plane with the end I l of the member to by a 18 ending of operation, the tool being adjustable bight l5 provided in the member H.

and is adaptable for use in the applying and re- The ends M are formed with reversely curved moval of different types of tires and rims. and reversely rounded claw or prying tips It, A further object of the invention is the provi-' the curvatures H presenting noses l8 protruding 20 sion of a tool of this character, which is simple outwardly at one side of each member ID and ll 20 in its construction,thoroughly reliable and effinext to the. approaching side edges E9 of said cient in operation, compact, easily stored without members and heels-Ell protrudin'g'from the other occupying excessive space, strong, durable, and side next to the outer edge of each of said meminexpensive to manufacture." bers i0 and so that these tips I 6 will effect With these and other objects in view, the in-' lifting cams in the use of the tool in a manner 25 vention consists in the features of construction, presently described. The tips it when together combination and arrangement of parts as will be are inarched relation to each other, as is shown hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in in Figure 5 of the drawing. the accompanying drawing, whichdiscloses the In the ends l4 and within the heelsZU of the s preferred embodiment of the invention and tips iii are fulcruming and holding notches 2| 30 pointed out in the claims hereunder appended; for the said ends as will be hereinafter fully de- In the accompanying drawing: scribed. I Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tool 0011- The end 22 of the member ill is rounded and structed in accordance with the invention. curved outwardly at one side of said member,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken as at 23, being a blunt knife edge-like single ply- 35 through a wheel rim and tire showing the tool in ing tip or claw. initial position for effecting removal of the casing In the use of the tool of the construction herefrom the rim. ,inbefore set forth, it is first necessary to place Figure 3 is a similar view showing the tool at the rim of a wheel, a portion thereof being in- 40 the end of a stroke movement thereof with a dicated at 24,upon a support or foundation to lie 40 portion of the side of the casing free from the sidewise thereon. Thereafter, an operator parrim. tially or wholly deflates the inner tube of a tire,

Figure 4 is a plan view with the tool shown by a portion of this tube being indicated at 25 and full lines in the position illustrated in Figure 3 its casing at 25, respectively. Thereafter, by

and by dotted lines in an adjusted spread positreading upon the casing 26 at the uppermost 45 tion. I side thereof it can be broken away from the rim Figure 5 is an enlarged end view of the tool. 24-circumferentially thereof, particularly when Similar reference characters indicate correthe casing has stuck in the seating channel 21 in sponding parts throughout the several views in said rim. In this way the tire'willbe loosened the drawing. upon the rim 24. Now in this condition of the 50 Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates tire broken away from the rim 24 the tool with generally a tool constructed .in accordance with the members Hi and H brought together is disthe invention, comprising apair of members It! posed so that the tips it can be inserted between and II, respectively. The member Iil is in the the outermost side of the tire casing 26 and the form of a bar of greater length than the member flange next thereto of the rim 24, the flange being indicated at 28, so that the notches 2| will be in confronting relation to the edge of the flange 28 and by swinging the tool A from the iniital position for insertion thereof as before stated inwardly toward the hub of the wheel the edge 28 of the rim 24 will be engaged in the notches 2| of the tips l6. This engagement of the edge 28 of the rim 24 in the notches 2| locks the tool A from displacement during the swinging movement thereof with respect to the rim 24 and at the same time the said tool is fulcrumed on the rim 24 causing a portion of the side of the tire casing 25 to be lifted clear and over an adjacent area of the flange 28 of the rim 24, as is shown in Figure 4 of the drawing. Now by spreading the members it and H apart causing the ends M to separate from each other to the position as shown in said Figure 4 of the drawing, the tips l8 will eifec-t a cam action on the tire casing for a continued freeing of the side thereof acted upon by the tool from the rim 24 and in this way the tire casing will be removed from the rim with dispatch. The members ID and i! can be spread apart by the use of a hammer striking the same after a slight opening thereof with relation to each other by a hammer or otherwise.

In the placement of a tire casing 25 upon the rim 2A, the tool A is operated reversely to the steps of operation hereinbefore set forth, the tips E5 in a spread-out position are inserted between the flange 28 and the side of the tire casing 26 overhanging and next to said flange or" the rim 24 so that upon outward swinging of the tool the tips I 6 are brought together when the edge 28 of the rim 24 is engaged in the notches 2i the side of the casing being carried into the channel or groove 2'! for the seating of the casing therein upon the rim 24.

In the use of the tool A for the removal of the tire from the rim, the members It! and I! can be spread away from each other approximately the full extend of a circle scribed by the swinging of the arms apart and in this way quick freeing of the side of the tire casing 25 from the flange 28 next thereto of the rim 24 can be had and without liability of damage to the inner tube 25 through the use of a single plying tool as commonly employed for the removal of tire casings from rims.

The noses I8 of the tips 16 avoid the slipping of the side of the tire casing 26 off of the tip under cam activity of the said tips of the members l0 and i I when the same are spread apart or separated from each other during the removal operation of the tire from the rim of a wheel.

The tip 23 of the tool A is serviceable as a single prying tip where it becomes necessary to pry the side of a tire casing at a particular point when sticking to the flange of the rim 24 of a wheel.

On the initial separation of a portion of the side of a tire casing 26 from the flange 28 next thereto of a. rim 24 by spreading the members It! and H of the tool apart, this separation operation can be continued circumferentially of the wheel.

The tips 16 of the ends I4, by reason of the curvatures thereof, assure cam action against the bead edge of the side of the tire casing A when removing the same from the rim 24 of the wheel. In this manner the side of the tire casing 26 will be lifted from within the channel 2'! in the rim 24 over the flange 23 of the said rim 24 and when the side of the tire acted upon has been completely lifted the casing 26 can then readily be taken ofif of the wheel.

What is claimed is:

1. A tool of the kind described comprising connected relatively movable fiat-faced members disposed in side by side edge relation to each other, and outturned reversed laterally curved matched tips formed on the members for effecting reversely acting cams and having notches therein at the outermost side edges of the said tips, following the curvatures thereof and opening through the lowermost edges of the latter for receiving a rim edge of a vehicle wheel, one of the members being longer than the other with the tips next to each other.

2. A tool of the kind described comprising connected relatively movable flat-faced members disposed in side by side edge relation to each other, outturned reversed laterally curved matched tips formed on the members for effecting reversely acting cams and having notches therein at the outermost side edges of the said tips, following the curvatures thereof and opening through the lowermost edges of the latter for receiving a rim edge of a vehicle wheel, one of the members being longer than the other with the tips next to each other, and a bight formed in one member for disposing it in the same plane with the other member at the tips of both members.

FREDERICK E. SCHULTZ. 

